Drafting a Dartless Knit Sloper

The dartless knit sloper can be used to create fitted tee shirts, leotards, bodysuits, and other activewear styles
sewn in stretchy knits.
The back is completed first and then used to create the front. For women's styles, part of the side bust dart is rotated into
the armhole increasing the size of the front armhole. Raising the armhole and sloping the shoulder
seam provides some shaping in the bust area. Fabric stretch will replace some of the shaping provided
by the bust darts but dartless knit garments will not mold to the bustline quite the same as garments
with bust darts. Wrinkles will may form in the armhole/sideseam area if the bust is large.

Dartless Knit Sloper

Woven Sloper (Blue) vs Knit Sloper (Green)

Draft the Patterns

In PatternMaster, choose the following style options and settings:

classic style

no front and back closure

front and back jewel neckline

set in sleeve

set chest, waist, and hip ease to 0

set seam allowances to 0

Save the patterns and then choose Open Patterns in Pattern Editor.

Figure 1

Create the Back Pattern

Choose File/Save As (FA) and save the file as Dartless_Sloper in the Patterns/FitGarments folder.

Select and delete the front and the objects on the back shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2. Select and delete objects

To widen the back neckline, choose Move Point (MP) and SNAP to the right end point of the neckline.